Caribbean lanternshark
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| Caribbean lanternshark | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Etmopteridae |
| Genus: | Etmopterus |
| Species: | E. hillianus |
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| Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861) |
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| Range of the Caribbean lanternshark (in blue) | |
The Caribbean lanternshark, Etmopterus hillianus, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the eastern and western Atlantic at depths of between 180 and 720 m. Its length is up to 50 cm.
Reproduction is ovoviviparous.
[edit] References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Etmopterus hillianus" in FishBase. July 2006 version.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
